Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally2 GU GU // 1 GU GU
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble // Sorcery — Adventure
Other Elves you control get +1/+1. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Elf creature token. // Mill four cards, then put up to two land cards from among them into your hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
uncommon2/3

Versions

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — Base #166
Base #166
Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — #233
#233
Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — #269
#269

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

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Limited summary

A premier GU uncommon that combines land selection and card advantage with a repeatable Landfall token engine and an Elf anthem. It is excellent even without heavy tribal support, but becomes a major snowballing threat in a dedicated Elves/Landfall deck.

Roles

Card AdvantageRole — Generates extra cards or value over time.Token MakerRole — Creates token creatures or artifacts.Enabler + PayoffWorks as both an enabler and a payoff for its archetype.

Archetypes

Gameplay notes

When possible, cast Thranduil before making your land drop so it immediately replaces itself with a token. Silvan Rally is usually worth casting first in slower games because it can provide two future Landfall triggers, but casting the creature first is better when you need board presence or already have enough lands. Fetch lands are especially valuable after Thranduil resolves because they can trigger Landfall twice.

Key synergies

Hobbit Hole
Hobbit HoleEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

With Thranduil in play, Hobbit Hole entering and then fetching a basic creates two Elf tokens from one land card.

Elven Passage
Elven PassageDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Playing Elven Passage triggers Thranduil once, and sacrificing it to fetch a basic triggers him again, producing two Elf tokens from one land card. Thranduil also satisfies behold so the fetched basic can enter untapped.

Thranduil's Company
Thranduil's CompanyComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Thranduil is another Elf that turns on the Company's additional land play, and Silvan Rally supplies lands to use with it. Each extra land then creates an anthem-boosted Elf token and lets the Company distribute two +1/+1 counters.

Galion, Elvenking's Butler
Galion, Elvenking's ButlerDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Thranduil's Elf anthem makes Galion a 5/5, increasing the base power and toughness Galion gives another attacker. Thranduil also repeatedly creates 1/1 Elf tokens that Galion can enlarge, and an enlarged Elf receives the anthem again on top of its new base stats.

Elven Raft-Steerer
Elven Raft-SteererEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Silvan Rally supplies up to two lands for future Landfall triggers, while Thranduil turns those land drops into Elf tokens as the Raft-Steerer taps blockers to clear attacks for the growing army.

Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing
Lake-town Mariners // Gone FishingComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Blinking two lands with Gone Fishing triggers Thranduil's landfall ability twice at instant speed, creating two Elf tokens while returning the lands untapped.

Silvan Reveler
Silvan RevelerEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Silvan Reveler's enters ability supplies an extra land entry for Thranduil's Landfall token trigger, while Silvan Rally finds lands to discard to the Reveler and can mill the Reveler for later self-recursion.

Woodland Weavemaster
Woodland WeavemasterComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Thranduil's anthem permanently raises Woodland Weavemaster's power and mana output, while every Elf token created by Thranduil's landfall ability gives Weavemaster another temporary +1/+1 before it taps for mana.

Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
Roll-Roll-Roll-RollEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Each chapter can blink a land, repeatedly triggering Thranduil's landfall ability to create an Elf token without using another land drop.

Cantankerous Keepers
Cantankerous KeepersEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Thranduil's landfall ability creates Elf tokens that repeatedly reduce Cantankerous Keepers' cost, and Keepers can recover Thranduil if it is among the four milled cards. Thranduil also boosts Keepers and the rest of the Elf board.

Thranduil, the Elvenking
Thranduil, the ElvenkingDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Silvan Rally can mill Elf cards into the graveyard for Thranduil to copy while finding lands for his demanding colors. Casting the legendary Elf half afterward triggers Thranduil's draw-two-discard-one ability, and its anthem improves the surrounding Elf deck.

Dancing from Dark to Dawn
Dancing from Dark to DawnMechanic SynergyBoth care about the same set mechanic.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Silvan Rally finds up to two lands to sustain future landfall triggers, and once Thranduil is in play each land creates both a 1/1 Elf and a 2/2 Bear.

Through the Forest Gate
Through the Forest GateComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Thranduil creates a 1/1 Elf for each land entering from Through the Forest Gate and then pumps all those Elf tokens, producing a massive board from one spell.

Bard, King of Dale
Bard, King of DaleDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Bard doubles every Elf token created by Thranduil's landfall trigger, rapidly expanding the board that Thranduil's Elf anthem enhances.

Elvenking's Halls
Elvenking's HallsEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Thranduil's Landfall ability supplies Elf tokens that can receive the counters, while his Elf anthem leaves the upgraded token as a substantial permanent threat.

Wood Elves
Wood ElvesDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Wood Elves puts a Forest directly onto the battlefield to trigger Thranduil immediately, and it is itself an Elf that receives the anthem. This produces multiple bodies while advancing mana and Landfall.

Down in the Valley
Down in the ValleyMechanic SynergyBoth care about the same set mechanic.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Once the Saga gains its Landfall ability, every land creates one Elf from each permanent. Thranduil's anthem makes all of those tokens larger, while the Saga's later chapters further boost the rapidly expanding Elf board.

Beorn's Hospitality
Beorn's HospitalityEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Silvan Rally finds up to two lands to sustain Hospitality's triggers, and after Thranduil is cast each land also creates an Elf token that can receive Hospitality's +1/+1 counter.

Mirkwood Pathmaker
Mirkwood PathmakerArchetype SynergyBoth play complementary roles in the same Limited archetype.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Silvan Rally finds up to two lands to sustain Pathmaker's growth, while Thranduil later gives Pathmaker an additional +1/+1 as an Elf.

The Master of Lake-town
The Master of Lake-townEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Silvan Rally mills four cards while recovering up to two lands, efficiently advancing your graveyard toward seven cards for the Master's death trigger without fully sacrificing card value.

Synergy graph

Min strength
Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Galion, Elvenking's Butler Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Silvan Reveler Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Down in the Valley Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Wood Elves ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 3/3Wood Elves ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Combo · strength 3/3Wood Elves ↔ Mirkwood Pathmaker Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Wood Elves ↔ Galion, Elvenking's Butler Curve Synergy · strength 2/3Wood Elves ↔ Down in the Valley Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Wood Elves Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Through the Forest Gate Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Through the Forest Gate Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Silvan Reveler Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Down in the Valley Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Wood Elves Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Elven Raft-Steerer Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Wood Elves Archetype Synergy · strength 1/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 3/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Beorn's Hospitality Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Galion, Elvenking's Butler ↔ Down in the Valley Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Galion, Elvenking's Butler ↔ Thranduil, the Elvenking Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 3/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Cantankerous Keepers Tribal Synergy · strength 2/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Mirkwood Pathmaker Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing ↔ Beorn's Hospitality Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Cantankerous Keepers ↔ Down in the Valley Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Cantankerous Keepers ↔ Wood Elves Curve Synergy · strength 3/3Cantankerous Keepers ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Mirkwood Pathmaker Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Through the Forest Gate Combo · strength 3/3Down in the Valley ↔ Bard, King of Dale Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Down in the Valley Combo · strength 3/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Wood Elves Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Cantankerous Keepers Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Wood Elves Combo · strength 3/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Silvan Reveler Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Mechanic Synergy · strength 3/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Woodland Weavemaster Combo · strength 3/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Galion, Elvenking's Butler ↔ Woodland Weavemaster Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Galion, Elvenking's Butler ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Combo · strength 3/3Mirkwood Pathmaker ↔ Woodland Weavemaster Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Elvenking's Halls ↔ Galion, Elvenking's Butler Combo · strength 2/3Hobbit Hole ↔ Beorn's Hospitality Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Hobbit Hole ↔ Thranduil's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Elven Passage ↔ Beorn's Hospitality Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Elven Passage ↔ Elven Raft-Steerer Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Elven Passage ↔ Thranduil's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil's Company ↔ Wood Elves Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Thranduil's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Beorn's Hospitality ↔ Mirkwood Pathmaker Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Wood Elves ↔ Elven Passage Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Hobbit Hole Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Galion, Elvenking's Butler ↔ Thranduil's Company Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Elven Raft-Steerer ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Elven Passage Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Silvan Reveler ↔ Thranduil's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Mirkwood Pathmaker ↔ Through the Forest Gate Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Mirkwood Pathmaker ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Build-Around · strength 3/3Down in the Valley ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Thranduil's Company Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Down in the Valley ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Woodland Weavemaster ↔ Elvenking's Halls Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Down in the Valley ↔ Elven Passage Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll ↔ Thranduil's Company Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Down in the Valley ↔ Hobbit Hole Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thranduil, the Elvenking ↔ Woodland Weavemaster Combo · strength 3/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Elven Passage Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Hobbit Hole Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Through the Forest Gate ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Thranduil's Company Mechanic Synergy · strength 3/3Through the Forest Gate ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Combo · strength 3/3Dancing from Dark to Dawn ↔ Bard, King of Dale Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Hobbit Hole Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Elven Passage Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Thranduil's Company Combo · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Galion, Elvenking's Butler Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Elven Raft-Steerer Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Silvan Reveler Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Woodland Weavemaster Combo · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Cantankerous Keepers Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Thranduil, the Elvenking Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Dancing from Dark to Dawn Mechanic Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Through the Forest Gate Combo · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Bard, King of Dale Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Elvenking's Halls Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Wood Elves Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Down in the Valley Mechanic Synergy · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Beorn's Hospitality Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ Mirkwood Pathmaker Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally ↔ The Master of Lake-town Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally (this card)
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